State of the United States
Kansas
Kansas is a state of the United States. It covers about 213,000 km² (82,200 mi²), the 15th largest of the 51 states and districts in Natural Earth’s file for the United States, and about the same size as Guyana. About 2.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 213,000 km²82,200 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 213,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of the United States | 2.2%of the area of the 51 states and districts |
| Rank by area | 15th of 51states and districts of the United States |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 14 people per km² |
| Capital | Topeka |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 40°N |
| Type | StateUS-KS |
What the numbers say about Kansas
- Kansas covers 2.2% of the area of the United States and ranks 35th of 51 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 44.5 states and districts the size of Kansas to cover the United States.
- Kansas holds 0.9% of the 331.4 million people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 51 states and districts together: about 1 in 113.
- The largest, Alaska, is 7.07× the size of Kansas; the smallest, Washington, D.C., is less than 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within the United States: Idaho (216,000 km², 1.02×) and Utah (220,000 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Kansas would be larger than 156 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 84th by area, between Laos (228,000 km²) and Guyana (211,000 km²).
- With 2.9 million people it would rank 137th of 238 by population.
- Kansas has 14 people per km², about the density of Turkmenistan, which has 13 per km².
- That makes Kansas the 42nd most densely populated of the 51 states and districts, 39% of the average for the United States (35 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Kansas looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Kansas stretches about 333 km north to south and 659 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 213,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 213,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaHunan1.01× · 211,000 km²PeopleTibet81% · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKarnataka1.11× · 192,000 km²PeopleMeghalaya0.99× · 3.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSchleswig-Holstein0.99× · 3.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleBourgogne-Franche-Comté1.05× · 2.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany79% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleGalicia1.09× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleIbaraki1.03× · 2.9 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaRoraima0.95× · 225,000 km²PeopleFederal District1.04× · 2.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador53% · 403,000 km²PeopleAlberta69% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria0.93× · 228,000 km²PeopleWestern Australia0.98× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaChihuahua86% · 248,000 km²PeopleCoahuila0.99× · 3.0 million (2010)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.12× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Kansas ranks
Kansas is the 15th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States.
Ranked within the United States
- 12Minnesota225,000 km²
- 13Utah220,000 km²
- 14Idaho216,000 km²
- 15Kansas213,000 km²
- 16Nebraska201,000 km²
- 17South Dakota199,000 km²
- 18North Dakota183,000 km²
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. United States’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12